From pa-info at poetsasylum.org Thu Sep 4 08:47:58 2008 From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:47:58 -0400 Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (09/04/08) Message-ID: Greetings from the Poets' Asylum and welcome back to all the college students returning to Worcester for the fall semester. We hope to see you soon at our new venue . ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum in the News An article on the Poets' Asylum and our move to Jumpin' Juice and Java has appeared online and was picked up by several MetroWest newspapers such as the Concord Journal. The article includes a pair of videos, one with snippets of poetry from new venue and another from The Q. You can read the article and view the videos by visiting http://www.wickedlocal.com/concord/...(it really is a long URL). ------------------------------ Jen Mahon @ The Ship Tonight This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week they celebrate their *1st anniversary* with a feature from *Jen Mahon*. Host Bobby Gibbs promises munchies before the open and lots of silliness. Come celebrate with Worcester's newest weekly reading. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+ ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, September 7th [image: Lea & Victor title=] This week *Lea Deschenes* and *Victor Infante*will be our features at the Poets' Asylum. Both are longtime friends of the Asylum and tonight they'll share work from their recently released books (yes, plural). Victor D. Infante is the editor-in-chief of *The November 3rd Club*, an online literary journal of political writing, and the author of the poetry collection *City of Insomnia*, from Write Bloody Publishing. His poems and prose have appeared in dozens of periodicals internationally, including *The Los Angeles Review*, *Pearl*, *Ballard Street Poetry Journal* and *AntiMuse*, and the anthologies *Poetry Slam, Spoken Word Revolution Redux* and *The Last American Valentine*. He's an Aquarius. Lea C. Deschenes is the author of the poetry collection *The Constant Velocity of Trains* from Write Bloody Publishing. She received her MFA in Poetry from New England College, and has been a recipient of Worcester's Jacob Knight Award and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She once found a five-leaf clover during a solar eclipse. She's a Gemini. Please join us at our new home, Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.*. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the features. ------------------------------ August 31st Revisited We had a smaller audience this week however those who did come out were full of poetic appreciation and eager to hear good words. We welcome the 2 new readers who took to the mic this week - please come again. Our feature this week was local poet *Jen Mahon*. Jen shared an energetic set of both on and off page pieces. She touched on family, issued a call to help those in need, railed against "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and shared her heart through her words. Thanks for an great feature Jen. ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://www.poetsasylum.org/. This message was sent to you from the pa-info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum (poetsasylum.org). 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The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week their feature will be *Brian Sampson*. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+ ------------------------------ Worcester Storytellers this Friday Night *Worcester Storytellers* meets on the second Friday of each month at the Village Arts Gallery (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature from perennial favorite *Joe Fusco Jr*. Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info please contact Dave Macpherson . ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, September 14th [image: Adam Rubinstein] Tonight the Poets' Asylum welcomes *Adam Rubenstein * back to our stage. Rubinstein founded Destructible Heart Press in 2002. A mild-mannered graphic designer by day and book artist after a quick stop in a phone booth, he's been feeding his life to a massive book of poems about history, erasure, and identity in the Northeast United States. His poems have appeared in numerous lit journals you've never heard of. He's toured his work internationally and designed for some big folks, too. He holds a BA in Performance Poetry and Visual Literature from Hampshire College and dreams of one day fondling an MFA. He is powered by Rose Perez's green chile. Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.*. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature. ------------------------------ September 7th Revisited Fun night last night at the Poets' Asylum with not one but two great features taking to the mic. After a packed open reading *Victor Infante *and *Lea Deschenes* shared a mix of work, mostly from their recently published books, *City of Insomnia* and *The Constant Velocity of Trains *respectively (both by Write Bloody Publishing ). Between them they offered up poetry on fears, coming together, leaving and family. It was a great double set from two of fantastic local poets. ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://www.poetsasylum.org/. This message was sent to you from the pa-info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum (poetsasylum.org). If you would like to no longer receive updates please click hereto unsubscribe. If all else fails please send an e-mail to webmaster at poetsasylum.org and we'll do our best to remove your e-mail address from the list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://poetsasylum.org/pipermail/pa-info_poetsasylum.org/attachments/20080911/79068062/attachment.html From pa-info at poetsasylum.org Thu Sep 18 08:07:23 2008 From: pa-info at poetsasylum.org (Info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:07:23 -0400 Subject: [pa-info] Asylum update (09/18/08) Message-ID: Greetings from the Poets' Asylum. Please join us for one of the happenings this weekend. ------------------------------ April Ranger @ The Ship Tonight This week *The Spot*, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic and a feature. The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with an open mic. This week their feature will be *April Ranger *. Rumor is Mighty Mike McGee might be around as well. No cover; bring a few bucks to throw in the captain's hat and to buy a $1 draft. 21+ ------------------------------ West Boylston Arts Festival Saturday, September 20th [image: WBAF logo] The Poets' Asylum is pleased to participate in the *2008 West Boylston Arts Festival * on September 20th. The festival will be held at Goodale Park and the West Boylston Middle/High School play fields (125 Cresent Street, West Boylston) and will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with night event continuing until 11:00 p.m. Admission will be $5. In addition to running a booth to share info about the Poets' Asylum and sell merchandise we will offer a workshop from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and host an open reading between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. The workshop will feature a 5 or 10 minute writing prompt followed by critique of one poem that a poet is working on. Participants are encouraged to bring one poem they are working on that may need work. The maximum number of participants is limited to 8 to 10 people so that individuals can get the attention they need. The workshop will be conducted by Poets' Asylum co-host Dave Keali'i. We will need poets to read in the open as well. Please come out and visit us at the West Boylston Arts Festival. ------------------------------ Coming up on Sunday, September 21st [image: Lisa Beatman] Come out to the Poets' Asylum this Sunday for our regular open mic and a feature by Roslindale poet *Lisa Beatman*. Beatman manages adult literacy programs at the Harriet Tubman House in the South End. She won Honorable Mention for the 2004 Miriam Lindberg International Poetry Peace Prize, and was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, as well as a fellowship to Sacatar Institute in Brazil and other far-flung artist residency programs. Please join us at our new home, Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.* No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the features. ------------------------------ September 14th Revisited We had a well attended open mic that even included a segment of a poetic feud between 2008 Slam Team member Trevor Byrne-Smith and 2008 Youth Slam Team member Jeff Seagrist. We look forward to what may occur next in the open reading. Our feature, *Adam Rubenstein* presented a fine body of work about childhood and houses. He made many in the audience laugh and moved others with the quality of his work. Thank you, Adam. ------------------------------ Photo Gallery Update On September 12th we uploaded five photo sets of features from the past couple of months. Check out the photos from the Team Send-off (07/31), Molly Meacham (08/17), Eric Urban (08/24), Jen Mahon (08/31) and Lea Deschenes & Victor Infante (09/07). Visit poetsasylum.org and click on the Photo Gallery button in the navigation column on the left reach the updates. Visit the 2008 Album to view any of these photo sets. ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://poetsasylum.org/. This message was sent to you from the pa-info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum (poetsasylum.org). If you would like to no longer receive updates please click hereto unsubscribe. If all else fails please send an e-mail to webmaster at poetsasylum.org and we'll do our best to remove your e-mail address from the list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sweeney published poems, received awards, and earned an MFA from Brown, but it took Worcester - where she's lived for ten years - to make her feel like a poet. Three years ago, she won first prize in the Worcester County Poetry Association's annual contest. Beth now participates in several writers' groups, including Shakti; features at venues that range from WTAG-AM to Holy Cross College; presides over the WCPA; and serves on the boards of Poetry Oasis and *The Worcester Review*. Please join us at our new home, Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at *6:00 p.m.* No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the features. ------------------------------ September 21st Revisited Thanks to *Lisa Beatman* for being our feature this past week. She shared a mix of work from her two books by Ibbetson Press. Along the way she offered place poems for each of the Presidential and VP candidates, a mouse perspective on progress, the inner beauty found in flower arranging and her relationship with fire. Always nice to see an area poet as our feature. Thanks for the words Lisa. ------------------------------ The Poets' Asylum is in its seventeenth year of bringing the best in Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond. Find us online at http://poetsasylum.org/. This message was sent to you from the pa-info mailing list of the Poets' Asylum (poetsasylum.org). If you would like to no longer receive updates please click hereto unsubscribe. If all else fails please send an e-mail to webmaster at poetsasylum.org and we'll do our best to remove your e-mail address from the list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: